Left is to Regensburg and München, right is to Nürnberg. They stand by the roadside and face the choice. Ellie takes a coin from her pocket and hands it to James. ‘Heads left, tails right,’ she says.
He flips his thumb. The coin sings as it climbs, spinning over and over, glittering in the morning sunlight. They watch it rise and fall.
About the Author
Simon Mawer was born in 1948 in England, and spent his childhood there, in Cyprus and in Malta. He then moved to Italy, where he and his family lived for more than thirty years, and taught at the British International School in Rome. He and his wife currently live in Hastings. Simon Mawer is the author of several novels including the Man Booker shortlisted The Glass Room, The Girl Who Fell from the Sky and Tightrope.
Also by Simon Mawer
Chimera
A Place in Italy
The Bitter Cross
A Jealous God
Mendel’s Dwarf
The Gospel of Judas
The Fall
Swimming to Ithaca
Gregor Mendeclass="underline" Planting the Seeds of Genetics
The Glass Room
The Girl Who Fell From the Sky
Tightrope
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